Theory holed

Updated January 26 2013 - 1:08pm, first published 12:28pm
Star Picket Competition aspirant, Phill Sledge of Kaleen demonstrates his style.
Star Picket Competition aspirant, Phill Sledge of Kaleen demonstrates his style.

It may not be a meteorite crater, but the origins of Wee Jasper's unusual depression remain a mystery. Since first discovered by fine wool producer Ian Cathles on the escarpment of Cooradigbee, his 3000-hectare property on the western shores of Burrinjuck Dam, over a decade ago, a number of amateur geologists had hypothesised that the 70-metre diameter crater may have been the result of a meteorite strike. Due to its hard-to-reach location, no experts had ever examined the naturally-occurring hole firsthand.

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